Don't feel bad, it took me ages to figure it out and I still have trouble explaining it. BUT, it all relates to the common ancestor that two people have. If my grandfather is your great-grandfather, then we are first cousins once removed. I'm am removed up being a generation closer to our common ancestory and you are removed down being a great-grandchild rather than a grand child. I could still be younger than your are, however. My Mother's niece would be my first cousin, since we share the same grandfather. Her son would be my first cousinonce removed down. I am his first cousin once removed up. My children and cousin's children would be 2nd cousins to each other, as they both now share the same great grandfather. I didn't understand this concept until I had relatives to relate it to. I didn't find out until after my Mother died that she was the 7th of 9 children, not an only child. Thus I finally had cousins. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce & Bill Manuel" <southern_heart_ranch@juno.com> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [BNE] Re: DNA results [WAS: BROOKS-NE-D Digest V06 #32] > For the fear of sounding really stupid, but I am going to ask anyways.. > What does (once removed) Mean??? > Joyce > > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:16:31 -0400 Christopher Brooks > <trib@tributaries.us> writes: >> >> >> In the lab's language, Henry and Thomas shared a common male >> (Brooks) ancestor "in a genealogical time frame." IOW, not a >> thousand years previously - rather, they were closely related. >> Threlfall guesses at first cousins once removed, on the basis of >> paper research. Those of us who tested are working to figure out >> the DNA results. When we've accomplished that, I'll share all >> with the list. >> >> Chris >> >> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| >> Christopher Brooks >> BROOKS Families of New England >> www.tributaries.us >> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| >> >> >> ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== >> To Search previous posts by keyword(s): >> >> http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=BROOKS-NE >> The address is case-sensitive. >> >> >> > > > Southern Heart Ranch > www.southernheartranch.com > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > To send a message to all subscribers, use > the address BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com